Mainly Baking

If there's one over-riding reason why I don't post many savoury recipes, it's because I don't often follow a recipe when I...

Whipped cream cake is a bit of a misnomer to be honest, as my 'cream', which was a mixture of 300mls extra thick double cream and ...

As I mentioned a few posts ago, our rhubarb is enjoying a late spurt of growth. I believe there is an old wives' tale that rhubarb shou...

I hate to waste food, a trait probably handed down from my mother, who started her married life just after WWII, so had to deal with rationi...

I've never really felt the need to make ice cream at home. We eat relatively little, unless there's a really hot summer, and even ...

My son's birthday follows hot on the heels of my own this month, but I know what he likes without needing to ask - chocolate! However,...

Lemon flavoured cakes can be sublime, or fairly pedestrian, but unless you go down routes which mean that lemon is no longer the dominant ...